Solving the state's insurance crisis Special Session starts -- Videos |
January 17, 2007 Bus
loads of protesters from both Chris
Kowalczyk, PascoCounty Homeowner: “We're
all angry homeowners, but we're going to go up there peacefully and respectfully
and let them know we want immediate rate relief.” Homeowners
say they want sinkhole coverage made optional and a bill passed requiring
insurance companies to offer homeowners coverage if they decide to officer other
types of insurance in the state. Solving
the state's insurance crisis A
bus full of worried Bay aArea residents made the trek to Meanwhile,
lawmakers tackled the state's insurance storm. “You
guys ready to work on insurance, right?” asked House Speaker Marco Rubio as
State House and Senate members convened in their designated chambers. There,
they reviewed the proposed bills they hope will ultimately lower insurance
rates. “There's
a tremendous amount of agreement on the legislation already,” said Rubio. Now,
State Senators and House Representatives must meet with their committees in
conference rooms, and decide which bills need to be changed. “I
think the biggest challenge we have right now is looking at the different
versions where the Senate versions has the state taking over all loses over a
certain level, we (House Representatives) do not have that version in our
language right now,” said Representative Ron Reagan. Some
of the biggest issues legislators will be discussing include:
“Not
having the federal government step forward with their risk-sharing programs to
help us with those biblical proportion storms is unexplainable to me,” said
Senator JD Alexander. While
lawmakers discuss options to change course in the state's insurance crisis, many
of them seem to remain optimistic about reaching an agreement… and ultimately
lowering rates for your home. “The
biggest challenge we're gonna have is to craft a solution that we can get
consensus on,” said Representative Don Brown. |
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